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Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color)
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Date: 
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 03:06:26 GMT
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Tom McDonald wrote:
Todd queried:
What about those ignorant of the process of salvation?  Through what
mechanism does a stone age native of Borneo avoid separation from God?

Do you want a Sunday School answer, or one of my long-winded
dissertations?     :-)

What are the other choices? <grins, ducks and runs>

IIRC Catholicism holds that these souls will go to purgatory to be
evaluated further. IOW, it's OK to be ignorant if you lived righteously,
but if some missionary came to you and gave you the word up, you better
not blow it off.

That's one of my bigger bones with c... a god who wants grovelers rather
than the righteous.

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  Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color)
 
(...) (Tom then quickly submits Larry's email address to a subscription of an online papal newsletter, grins, ducks, and runs the other way ;-) (...) Off-hand, that sounds works-based. (...) Theoretically, if one was living righteously one wouldn't (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color)
 
Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:37C75232.865AD2...ger.net... (...) I find it interesting how you make your own judgements about what is righteous and what is groveling, and then condemn God for not living up to your own (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color)
 
(...) was that there (...) because they (...) will. They (...) love of (...) honors their (...) Do you want a Sunday School answer, or one of my long-winded dissertations? :-) -Tom McD. when replying, "..and now here's your host, Wink Spamcake!" (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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